Books and Publications

Featured below is a collection of articles about Switzerland's history during World War II, many of them produced in the last 15 years. Of special note is the remarkable story of the crash landing and miraculous survival of U.S. Airman Martin "Andy" Andrews in Magadino, Ticino.

Switzerland and the Honor of America
For too long the American picture of Switzerland has been the "Heidi" picture. Switzerland’s cheese and chocolate image has now proved detrimental to Switzerland, for it has hidden the more serious—and truer—image of Switzerland as the democracy on the European continent most similar to America in its core values and institutions.

Switzerland on Trial
From the cover of Time to front pages across the country, Switzerland has been the defendant in an American media trial. -